Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2018

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Assembly constituency 68 (GEN) · Chhattisgarh

State boardChhattisgarh 2018

[01]Result · 2018

#68 · GEN

Poll date20 Nov 2018

Contestants15

Electors2,24,964

Votes polled1,79,481

Turnout79.8%

NOTA5,8402.6% of votes

WinnerRavindra ChaubeIndian National Congress95,65853.3% of votes

MARGIN31,535 votes · 17.6 pp95,658 − 64,123

Runner-upLabhchand Bafna Bharatiya Janata Party64,12335.7% of votes

INC 59.9% of top-two votesBJP 40.1%

All candidates 15

01 Ravindra ChaubeINC95,658 53.3%
02 Labhchand BafnaBJP64,123 35.7%
03 Teksingh ChandelJCC(J)6,206 3.5%
04 Basant AgrawalIND5,700 3.2%
05 Lochan SahuIND4,274 2.4%
06 Ashok Kumar SinghaniyaAAP637 0.4%
07 Rakesh SinghIND602 0.3%
08 Kaushilya NarangIND491 0.3%
09 Gulab Singh LodhiBSCP368 0.2%
10 Yeswant BhargowIND308 0.2%
11 Chitren LodhiSHS303 0.2%
12 BhagatramIND262 0.2%
13 Rohit SinhaJD(U)204 0.1%
14 Kishan SahuIND199 0.1%
15 Ashok TandulkerIND146 0.1%

Turnout 79.8%

Male 1.13 lakh50.4% Female 1.12 lakh49.6%

Share of 2,24,964 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males984
NOTAreported alongside the total5,840 · 2.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 90 seats, 201877.5%
ReconciliationΣ 15 candidates = 1,79,481Verified

Seat history 2023–2003

2023
2.5 pp
Ishwar SahuBharatiya Janata Party
2018
17.6 pp
Ravindra ChaubeIndian National Congress
2013
6.0 pp
Labh Chand BafnaBharatiya Janata Party
2008
3.7 pp
Ravindra ChoubeyIndian National Congress
2003
6.9 pp
Lachhuram KashyapBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 17.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 89.0% of votes; the other 13 candidates 11.0% between them.
(95,658 + 64,123) ÷ 1,79,481 = 89.0% · 19,700 ÷ 1,79,481 = 11.0%
Turnout of 79.8% was 2.3 pp above the state's median seat (77.5%).
79.8 − 77.5 = +2.3
The margin widened from 6.0 pp in 2013 to 17.6 pp.
17.6 − 6.0 = +11.6 pp
Labhchand Bafna, the 2013 winner, finished second in 2018.
2013 winner name = 2018 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 15 candidate lines1,79,481
NOTAreported alongside the total5,840
Published totalVotes polled1,79,481
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2018 · Chhattisgarh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates15 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 90 seats on the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha 2018 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database